STUDIES ON PARATYPHOID INFECTIONS OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS IN UPPER EGYPT

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Pathology, and Dept. of Med, & Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Vet. Med. Assiut University

Abstract

A total of 240 dead chickens and 120 ducks were subjected to postmortem and bacteriolo gical examinations for possible recovery of salmonellae. 1145 and 1180 faecal swabs were collected from diseased and app < /strong>arently heal thy chickens and ducks resp < /strong>ectively and exa mined for the presence of salmonellae. The p < /strong>athogenicity of isolated serotypes was stu died. Clinical symptoms, macromorphological and micromorphological pictures were studied and discussed.